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Starting this month, passengers of Singapore Airlines and Silk Air with baggages in excess of their allowance can now have an idea how much charges they will incur even prior to checking in.
Currently, customers are charged 1.5 percent of the highest one-way Published Economy fare for each excess kg. With the new excess baggage policy, excess baggage charges will be levied across a zonal system, based on the originating region and the disembarking region.
To see the table of fees, click here.

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There has been a number of new airports which opened the last few weeks, and more are set to open in the near future. I can imagine that if you’re a frequent traveler expecting to land in the Changi Airport Terminal 1 and end up in the newly opened Terminal 3, it can be disorienting. However, I think it’s one thing for such arrival information to escape passengers and another for a pilot to remain in the dark about where they’re supposed to land.
An airline pilot took his passengers on a 1,200-mile detour after refusing to land at a new …read more

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Hong Kong International Airport topped the 2007 World Airport Survey conducted by Skytrax, while Seoul Incheon and Singapore Changi airports share the second spot.
I bet that with the opening of its newly opened multimillion dollar Terminal 3, Changi airport may snatch that top spot in the next round!

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Japan seems to be tightening security measures at the airports and has started fingerprinting and photographing foreigners as they arrive.
Nearly all foreigners age 16 or over, including longtime residents, will be scanned. The only exceptions are diplomats, government guests and permanent residents such as Koreans who have lived in Japan for generations.
The fingerprints and photos will be checked for matches on terrorist watch lists and files on foreigners with criminal records in Japan. People matching the data will be denied entry and deported.
There have been complaints saying it’s like an invasion of privacy and that the Japanese government should not …read more

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A few days ago, I hinted at some airlines being re-routed to the old Don Muang Airport while the new Suvarnabhumi Airport gets the necessary repairs. Latest report has it that so far, effective March 25, four airlines will make the shift, making a combined 71 flights per day to/from Don Muang airport:

Thai Airways International (domestic routes)
Nok Air
One-Two-Go
PB Air

Two other Thailand-based budget airlines, Thai AirAsia and Bangkok Airways, will continue to operate their flights at the Suvarnabhumi airport. More details from the Suvarnabhumi Airport Guide.

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If you’re heading to Bangkok sometime in April and beyond, and you think you’ll land on the newly opened Suvarnabhumi airport, well, don’t be so sure. Just today, the Thai government has decided that Don Muang will be re-opened for international flights. Some airlines will be re-directed back to the old airport to ease air traffic while some runways and other facilities at the Suvarnabhumi airport are being repaired. will be closed for repairs.
It could be that the budget airlines will be affected, but at this point, no details have yet been released. Keep an eye on these developments, and …read more

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